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Ayn al-Sharqiyah
(
Arabic
:
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, spelt
Ain esh-Sharqiye
an aw) is a toun in northwastren
Sirie
, admeenistratively pairt o the
Jableh Destrict
in the
Latakia Govrenorate
, locatit sootheast o
Latakia
. Nearbi localities include
Siyano
tae the northwast,
Zama
tae the north,
Ayn al-Kurum
tae the northeast,
Beit Yashout
tae the east,
Nahr al-Bared
tae the sootheast,
Daliyah
tae the sooth,
Dweir Baabda
,
Baniyas
an
Arab al-Mulk
tae the soothwast. Accordin tae the
Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics
, Ayn al-Sharqiyah haed a population o 2,359 in the 2004 census. It is the admeenistrative centre o a
nahiyah
("sub-district") containin 22 localities which haed a collective population o 16,800 in 2004.
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